Episode No. 555 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Robert Adams.
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, is presenting “American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams” through October 2. The exhibition, a career survey, includes about 175 pictures Adams made between 1965 and 2015. It is accompanied by a catalogue published by the NGA and Aperture. Indiebound and Amazon offer it for $44-65.
The Sheldon Museum of Art has recently acquired Adams’ New Development on a Former Citrus-Growing Estate, Highland, California (1983), which is discussed on this week’s program. It is on view in “Photography from the Collection” through July 2.
Adams is among the world’s greatest living photographers. His work has taken a critical eye to the United States, and especially to its stewardship of the West and the people who live there.
This is Adams’ third visit to the program. He was previously the guest on Episodes No. 41 and 227.
Air date: June 23, 2022.
Robert Adams, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, 1969.
Robert Adams, Burning oil sludge north of Denver, Colorado, from the series, “What We Bought,” 1970-74.
Robert Adams, Outdoor Theater, North Edge of Denver, 1973-74.
Robert Adams, Basement for a Tract House, Colorado Springs, 1969.
Robert Adams, Eroding Edge of a Former Citrus-Growing Estate, Highland, California, 1983.
Robert Adams, New Development on a Former Citrus-Growing Estate, Highland, California, 1983.
Robert Adams, Colorado Springs, 1968.
Robert Adams, Longmont, Colorado, 1979.
Robert Adams, Weld County, Colorado, 1981.
Robert Adams, Weld County, Colorado, 1984.
Robert Adams, Weld County, Colorado, 1984.
Robert Adams, Weld County, Colorado, 1981.
Robert Adams, The Interior of the Spit, 2015.
Robert Adams, The Interior of the Spit, 2015.
Robert Adams, Summer, Early Morning, Immigrant Cemetery, North of Bethune, Colorado, 1965.
Robert Adams, Sandstone Grave Marker, Walsenburg, Colorado, 1972.
Robert Adams, The River’s Edge, 2015.
Robert Adams, The River’s Edge, 2015.
Robert Adams, Sunday School Class, Church in a New Tract, Colorado Springs, 1969.
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